Chapter 521

North America, Mr. C Hotel, Beverly Hills.

"In a world full of followers I'll be a leader In a world full of doubters I'll be a believer"

Inside the huge presidential suite, a burst of impassioned singing rang out, waking up Wei Jin, who had been fighting all night.

It was too early. Wei Jin didn't even open his eyes, directly reaching out to touch the phone and pressing the lock screen button on the phone.

Not two minutes later, the phone rang again. Wei Jin remained unmoved, locking the screen again.

After a while, the phone rang again, and Wei Jin pressed it again.

However, he soon realized that his phone wasn't turned off? And this ringtone wasn't right? This should be Liu Yifei's.

So Wei Jin shook the little girl in his arms who was still sleeping in the spring of Begonia.

"Yifei, Yifei, wake up."

Seeing that the little girl didn't react, Wei Jin couldn't help but pat her pretty face and continue calling.

"Oh, what's the matter? I'm so sleepy."

Wei Jin shook his head and laughed. The little girl was too excited last night, fighting repeatedly, so she must be sleepy, right? "Yifei, your phone is ringing."

This sentence seemed to press the start button. Liu Yifei sat up with a 'Duang' sound, her snow-white body exposed to the air, as if emitting an alluring sweetness.

"Oh, it's over, it's over."

While saying this, Liu Yifei answered the phone that was still on mute. Wei Jin on the side heard the deafening sound from the other side of the phone:

"Xixi, what are you waiting for? You're late for the assembly, and the budget was deducted again today..."

Listening to the nagging of her best friend Shu Chang, Liu Yifei begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I was wrong, I'll be right over."

Hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei began to dress nimbly, still greeting Wei Jin in her mouth:

"Brother, the program team is about to start recording, I'll pack up and leave first, see you later in the afternoon."

Looking up at the time, it was almost 8 o'clock, which wasn't too early. Wei Jin also sat up.

"Alright, I'm up too."

I have to say, with the task hanging over her head, Liu Yifei's sense of time was much stronger, and she was actually faster than Wei Jin's washing up.

But this was also thanks to her natural beauty, having the confidence to go out without makeup.

Wei Jin had just finished breakfast at the hotel when Chen Xi came over.

"Boss, can we set off?"

"Hmm, let's go."

After speaking, the two got into the car arranged by Summit Entertainment and headed to Burbank to prepare for the opening ceremony of the new film.

The script Wei Jin prepared this time is called "Nomadland," a film that deeply reflects social reality and human nature, telling the story of North American people who, after the Great Depression of 2008, turned into "nomads" to seek spiritual belonging.

The reason why Wei Jin has seen this film has to mention the original director—Song Dandan's stepdaughter, Zhao Ting.

Originally, this film had great achievements, won many international awards such as Venice and the Oscars, and was regarded as a pride by the Chinese people.

But just as it was about to land in the country, Zhao Ting was exposed for having remarks that insulted the country, and the film was directly withdrawn from the schedule.

The news was very big at the time. Out of curiosity, Wei Jin found resources to watch it, which is why he could copy it.

However, unlike the original version adapted from the original novel, the novel hasn't been written yet, so Wei Jin can only directly copy the film script, and he doesn't know what changes will happen to the final results.

However, in any case, this film could win many awards such as the Venice Golden Lion, Oscar Best Picture, and Best Director when ZZZQ was prevalent in North America in the previous life, so it really has something.

Inside the Warner Burbank studio, Wei Jin met the film's female lead, Frances McDormand, who is called Cohen's wife by netizens.

This 56-year-old actress has very rich acting experience.

Starting from her debut in her first film "Blood Simple" in 1984, it has been nearly thirty years. During this period, she has played countless roles and won countless awards.

Oscar Best Actress, Venice Best Actress, Tony Award for Best Actress... It is worth mentioning that when Wei Jin participated in the Berlin Film Festival in 2004, she was the jury president.

Although the two have no friendship, they have actually met long ago.

That's why when Hunter sent her resume, Wei Jin agreed immediately.

Looking at Frances, who had cut her hair short according to his requirements, Wei Jin nodded with great satisfaction: "Ms. McDormand, you are in good condition, are you ready?"

"Of course, Wei, I've been looking forward to this collaboration for a long time. Also, you can call me Frances."

Frances respects Wei Jin, a director who is young enough to be her son but has more awards and honors than her.

"It's just that I have a little question, is the schedule of more than two months really okay? I still have to go to the Berlin Film Festival during this period."

According to the script requirements, this film has to be filmed in many states, and there are many outdoor scenes. Frances really doesn't understand.

Of course, she is willing to give more schedule.

"Frances, you collaborated with Matt on 'Promised Land,' didn't you hear him mention me? My filming speed is quite fast, you can rest assured, haha."

Wei Jin didn't care at all. As a cheater, his filming speed is unimaginable to ordinary people.

And in the past few months, Hunter had already prepared everything. Just for the filming task, 2 months is completely enough.

As for what to do if the female lead leaves the crew halfway? Hehe, that's just right to spend the Spring Festival with her family.

"Oh, Wei, when I was filming with Matt, I didn't know we would collaborate. There is a big age difference between him and me. You don't think he would talk to an old woman like me about topics between friends, right? Also..."

Speaking of this, Frances, who is nearly sixty, made a playful joke: "I have a husband..."

"Hahaha, of course I know, Cohen's wife, haha."

Wei Jin was amused by Frances. But thinking about her being such a big star, specifically running to dub for the villain in "Madagascar 3," he felt it was very reasonable again. This is an optimist with an old urchin mentality.

Afterwards, Wei Jin communicated with other actors in the crew. These were all recommended by the Actors Guild, and their acting skills were also excellent, so he didn't need to worry.

When Chen Xi came to remind him, Wei Jin greeted everyone in the crew to come to the camera covered with red cloth and held the opening ceremony.

As the red cloth was uncovered, "Nomadland" officially started filming. On the other side, Liu Yifei and others started their last itinerary in Los Angeles.

In the morning, they checked in at Santa Monica Beach, and at noon they went to Hollywood Universal Studios.

In the afternoon, they planned to visit the Hollywood filming crew. Among the group, except for Liu Yifei who had filming experience, everyone else showed anticipation.

But when they heard the director team say that the crew was in Burbank, a full 20 kilometers away from their current location, the group was dumbfounded, and then they all looked at Liu Yifei.

"Yifei, we could have taken a taxi, but because of your lateness, we can only take the subway now..."

Facing the eyes of everyone who wanted to kill her, Liu Yifei laughed it off.

"Oh, don't mind these details, everyone. To appreciate the scenery of a city, you have to take the subway. And you don't know, there is a small train to Burbank, it's very comfortable..."

This news was heard by Liu Yifei from Jing Tian, and she used it decisively at this moment, trying to muddle through.

"No, how about this, Yifei, you go to the intersection to sing, earn some money, so we can take a taxi. We are all so tired from shopping today..."

Shu Chang is worthy of being a best friend, coming up and stabbing her.

"I think so too, Yifei, you have to be responsible for doing things wrong."

Yang Xue is also a character who fears that the world will not be chaotic, echoing, and then looked at the two male compatriots in the crew and asked: "Dongjun, Xiaolinzi, what do you think?"

"This..."

Han Dongjun is the youngest and is Reba's junior brother, having no status in the group at all. At this moment, he was stuttering, looking embarrassed.

Wang Yanlin has good comedy talent and has a good relationship with several sisters, so he came out to smooth things over.

"How about forgetting it, Sister Yifei only ate so little at noon, she has already been punished, taking the train is still quite novel, let's try it."

Seeing someone speak, Reba also echoed: "Yeah, my hometown has a small train, it's really quite good."

Yang Xue and Hu Jing looked at each other: "Okay, but Yifei has to take on the task of buying tickets today."

"No problem, Sister Xue, Sister Jing, everyone, love you."

Liu Yifei made a heart shape, and everyone laughed.

In fact, after nearly a month of getting along, the relationship between the 7-person group is still good. Even if there is noise between them, it is mostly instigated by the program team for the sake of broadcast effect.

The group walked + took the small train + walked, and finally arrived at the Burbank set around 3 PM.

"Welcome everyone to visit the 'Nomadland' crew."

The confidentiality work of this film was done very well. Only now did everyone know the name of the script, and the eyes of several guests showed real and fake surprises.

"'Nomadland'? This film sounds very literary, it must be able to win big awards."

"Boss Wei, are there any roles suitable for a cameo? Can we show our faces?"

Shu Chang's suggestion was good, and the others showed anticipation, but Wei Jin shook his head.

"You can see later, the whole crew is almost all elderly actors, and the cameo scenes of the few young actors are in the wilderness, and they can't be filmed today..."

"Sigh, what a pity."

Hearing Shu Chang's sigh, the others also expressed regret appropriately, and then everyone planned to walk into the studio, but didn't expect to be stopped by Wei Jin.

"Boss Wei, what do you mean, are there tasks?"

Wei Jin smiled, then directly took out a stack of things from his arms and reached out a hand of friendship to everyone.

"There are no tasks, but you have to pay for tickets, ten dollars each, thank you for your patronage."

Looking at the tickets in Wei Jin's hand, many guests were very hurt, and Liu Yifei and Shu Chang couldn't help but want to grab the tickets, but were dodged.

"Pay quickly, if you don't pay, your check-in task won't be completed, and money will still be deducted..."

"Boo~~~"

Seeing Boss Wei's bad smile, how could everyone not know that this was discussed with the director team? They collectively booed, even the two newcomers Han Dongjun and Wang Yanlin were no exception.

Wei Jin didn't care, it was all for the program effect, anyway, you can't enter without money.

Shu Chang and Liu Yifei still wanted to take advantage of the loophole, taking ten US dollars as 70 yuan.

"Use the currency of the place where you are, 70 dollars, not a penny less."

"Hmph, Boss Wei, you are a Zhou Papi."

Shu Chang said "viciously," and finally paid the money reluctantly.

Next, Wei Jin took the group to visit the filming set.

Looking at the crew's equipment, scenes, and staff, many guests exclaimed, which was not because of the program effect.

Although the film and television industry in China has developed rapidly in recent years, it is undeniable that there is still a big gap with Hollywood, and only a few large productions or crews of big directors can barely keep up.

Hollywood's mature film industrial system, as well as the supporting professionalism and rigor, can be reflected in every detail of the crew.

Ordinary tourists may not feel so deeply when visiting, but these guests almost all have crew experience, so of course they can feel the gap, so it is difficult to remain calm.

Only Liu Yifei and Shu Chang are relatively calm. After all, the former has Hollywood filming experience, and the latter has also been influenced by Wei Jin's crew.

Although Yang Xue is a company artist, the production of TV dramas and film crews are definitely incomparable.

And when Hu Jing collaborated with Wei Jin on a film, the latter was still a grassroots team.

As for the Reba and Shanghai Theatre Academy trio, they were really like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, thinking everything was strange.

After shopping for a long time, Wei Jin held a farewell banquet for them, because the North American recording of "Flowers and Youth" had ended and they were about to return to China.

Inside the hotel room, a grand farewell ceremony was taking place.

I saw that in the room, Liu Yifei's snow-white lotus arms were tightly hugging Wei Jin's neck, and a pair of beautiful legs, full, slender, and powerful due to long-term exercise, were hooked around his waist.

As Wei Jin held her perky beautiful buttocks with both hands, constantly walking back and forth on the soft carpet, clouds of red appeared on Liu Yifei's exquisite and beautiful face, and her forehead and temples were already covered with fragrant sweat.

(End of chapter)